County's bridges falling into disrepair

Ranked 42nd among 83 counties in state

8:55 PM,
Jun. 23, 2013

Rust hangs from the underside of the bridge crossing Belle River at Meisner Road west of M-29 Friday afternoon. Transportation for America report ranks St. Clair County in the middle of the pack for the number of structurally deficient bridges.

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Holly Setter
| Times Herald

St. Clair County bridges might not be falling down, but they're not exactly holding up either.

There are 319 bridges in St. Clair County, and slightly less than 12 percent of them have been deemed "structurally deficient" according to a recent report from the nonprofit Transportation for America.

St. Clair County ranks 42nd of 83 counties for the number of sub-par bridges, dead center in the list. In comparison, Sanilac County ranks 13th with only 5 percent of its bridges structurally deficient ,and Macomb County ranks 32nd with 9.5 percent. ...